HBR - Beware a Culture of Busyness
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“Organizations must stop conflating activity with achievement.” - Adam Waytz
Ideas
FT - A new technology boom is at hand
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“Conventional wisdom tells us the technology boom is over. The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank has sent a chill through the investment community, and the tech sector has seen a correction as interest rates have risen. But I’d argue we may be about to enter a new golden age of technological innovation and investment. The difference is that this time around, it won’t be about consumers, but industry.”
Presence’s AIDS/Lifecycle team is cycling for a cause
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GBA’s Gregor Berkowitz leading training rides for the PresencePG AIDS/Life team.
https://presencepg.com/journal/presences-aids-lifecycle-team-is-cycling-for-a-cause
NY Times - The myth of the genius tech inventor
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We idolize founders with brilliant ideas, but triumph often results from business savvy combined with imagination.
NY Times - The Era of Cheap and Plenty May Be Ending
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Supplies of goods are coming up short in the pandemic, and prices have jumped. Some economists warn that the changes could linger.
Is this AI-powered 'mirror gym' the future of home exercise?
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For many Americans, regular exercise is an elusive commitment -- one made at the beginning of January that peters out within weeks or months. Busy work schedules, a lack of motivation and unease towards exercising in public all contribute to the dismal statistic that only around a quarter of adults exercise enough per week.
https://www.cnn.com/style/article/yves-behar-home-gym-forme-wellness/index.html
Can Smart Thermometers Track the Spread of the Coronavirus?
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A company that makes internet-connected thermometers has followed the flu more closely than the C.D.C. can. Now the devices may be turning up cases of Covid-19.
Coronavirus concerns about the global tech supply chain have reversed
/A week ago, the big question about the tech industry's supply chain was how long it was going to take manufacturers in China to get back to full production after the coronavirus outbreak idled factories there.
Now, the big question is: When production does get back to normal, just how much demand is there going to be in the US from tech companies and consumers…
Here's why Apple's plan to escape Trump's tariffs by building iPhones ...
/Gregor Berkowitz, a longtime tech industry consultant who travels frequently in Asia, for example, thinks Apple could get some manufacturing ...
https://www.businessinsider.com/apple-move-iphone-production-from-china-will-take-years-2019-6
A longtime industry expert explains why Trump's attack on Huawei could end up hurting Google and other US tech giants
/The Trump administration's assault on Huawei could end up harming Google and other US tech giants, according to Gregor Berkowitz, a tech-industry consultant with extensive experience in China ...
https://www.businessinsider.com/gregor-berkowitz-huawei-trump-hurt-google-2019-5
The trade war is speeding up tech manufacturers' plans to move out of China, a longtime industry analyst says
/The trade war is prompting tech manufacturers to speed up plans to shift production out of China, said Gregor Berkowitz, a longtime tech industry consultant. Wages have been rising ...
Redefine your product so...
/Redefine your product so you don't have to do *all* of the work before entering your market...maybe it's not the vision you first had, but you'll get there with the 2nd or 3rd version.' Gregor Berkowitz @hardware_club #founderssummit
These new wireless earbuds use hearing aid technology to ditch that dorky connecting wire that plagues other 'wireless' earbuds
/... circumstances, one of which is wireless headphones, so it hasn’t been developed to the same extent. The exact form of the Skybuds is largely the brainchild of Gregor Berkowitz ...
https://www.businessinsider.com/skybuds-are-truly-wireless-earbuds-2015-10
Apple's 'white ring' problem reflects a surprising lapse in quality control, but industrial design experts say it shouldn't be too hard to fix
/... followed a rigorous QA process," he said, referring to the quality assurance process that hardware makers put new products through to ensure that they are consumer-ready. Gregor Berkowitz ...
Are Multipurpose Devices Better Than Products That Perform One Function?
/Some of the hottest consumer products continue to be Web-connected multipurpose devices, such as tablets and smartphones. Since the advent of the app store, there seems to be no limit to what these gadgets can do. Nothing is just a phone, a camera or a television anymore.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970203804204577016242173280680